What do the Norwegian labels on verify.certificate.sdir.no mean?

Søk etter sertifikat is search for certificate. Fødselsdato is date of birth. Sertifikatnummer is certificate number. Søk is search.

Do I need the seafarer's date of birth for the Norwegian check?

Yes. The form has two fields and both are part of the lookup.

Is the Norwegian verification page available in English?

The search page we opened on 6 September 2026 showed Norwegian only. The labels are few, and translated above.

Which authority is behind verify.certificate.sdir.no?

Sjøfartsdirektoratet, the Norwegian Maritime Authority. The sdir.no domain is the authority's own.

What if the Norwegian page stays blank?

Enable JavaScript. The service is a browser app and shows a one-line notice instead of the form when scripts are off.

Registry coverage / Norway

Verify a Norwegian seafarer certificate

Last updated: 7 September 2026

By the Docka team · Reviewed 7 September 2026

To verify a Norwegian seafarer certificate, enter the certificate number and the holder's date of birth into the verification service at verify.certificate.sdir.no, run by Sjøfartsdirektoratet (the Norwegian Maritime Authority). Docka submits both and returns the authority's answer.

The Norwegian form is short and in Norwegian. This page translates its three labels and explains what Docka does with the answer.

Authority: Sjøfartsdirektoratet, Norwegian Maritime Authority. Official verification portal: verify.certificate.sdir.no. Norwegian labels (translated below). Needs JavaScript.

What Docka confirms

The check goes to Sjøfartsdirektoratet's own service at verify.certificate.sdir.no, the flag-state source for Norwegian certificates.
Two inputs: Certificate number and Date of birth.
Live and automatic, time-stamped in Docka.
The Norwegian form has no document-type selector. The number and the birth date are the whole query.

What the portal asks for

Input	Required
Certificate number	Yes
Date of birth	Yes

Do it yourself on the official portal

Open verify.certificate.sdir.no. The page needs JavaScript; without it you see only a line asking you to enable it.
Under the heading Søk etter sertifikat (search for certificate), fill in Fødselsdato (Date of birth) and Sertifikatnummer (Certificate number).
Press Søk (search) and read the result.

What to watch for

Sjøfartsdirektoratet publishes no coverage caveat on the form, and Docka adds none.
The form we opened on 6 September 2026 showed Norwegian labels only, with no language switch on the search page. The three words above are all you need.
As with the United Kingdom, the date of birth is part of the key. Take it from an identity document.
The answer comes from Sjøfartsdirektoratet, not from Docka. If the portal and the paper disagree, the register wins, and the question goes to the authority.

Entering a Norwegian certificate number

The form asks for the certificate number as printed, and Docka's input label is the same: Certificate number. Copy it as printed, letters included.

The date of birth goes into Fødselsdato. If the seafarer's passport and seaman's book disagree on the date, try the passport first and note which one matched.

Have both values in front of you before you open the form. The certificate number is on the certificate. The date of birth is on the passport or the seaman's book. A candidate who can produce one but not the other has not given you enough to run the check, on the portal or in Docka.

Who uses this check

For a crewing manager the check answers the question a PDF cannot: is this number, for this person, on the Norwegian register today. For a seafarer it is a quick way to confirm a renewal went through before a joining date. For a PSC inspector it is the primary source; the paper is the copy.

Whoever asks, the answer comes from the same two fields. There is no separate inspector view and no login on the search page.

Docka adds two things the portal does not: a timestamp for when the register was asked, and a trust-ladder label that says how far the check reached.

Norway in Docka's registry set

Norway is one of the flag states Docka checks live and automatically. Estonia, Denmark, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, France, Ukraine's state registry and Azerbaijan are the others; each has its own page under Registry coverage.

Ukraine's state registry carries a coverage note about documents issued before 2023. Norway has no equivalent note from its authority, so Docka shows none.

How Docka labels the result

Every document in Docka carries one of four levels. The level says how far the check reached, and a lower level is never rounded up.

L0 Self-uploaded, not yet verified: Self-uploaded, on file, but not yet checked or verified by anyone.
L1 Reviewed by staff: A human reviewer opened the actual document and confirmed it, holder-bound to this person, not a government registry check.
L2 Registry-confirmed: The document was confirmed to exist in a registry, but the holder's identity was not verified (holder-bound to the document, not the person).
L3 Government-verified: Verified against the issuing government's maritime registry.

Frequently asked questions

What do the Norwegian labels on verify.certificate.sdir.no mean?: Søk etter sertifikat is search for certificate. Fødselsdato is date of birth. Sertifikatnummer is certificate number. Søk is search.
Do I need the seafarer's date of birth for the Norwegian check?: Yes. The form has two fields and both are part of the lookup.
Is the Norwegian verification page available in English?: The search page we opened on 6 September 2026 showed Norwegian only. The labels are few, and translated above.
Which authority is behind verify.certificate.sdir.no?: Sjøfartsdirektoratet, the Norwegian Maritime Authority. The sdir.no domain is the authority's own.
What if the Norwegian page stays blank?: Enable JavaScript. The service is a browser app and shows a one-line notice instead of the form when scripts are off.

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